Combined striking casting and carry iron



lJuly Y2, 1929. H. K. SMITH 1,119,099

COMBINED STRIKING CASTING AND CARRY IRON Filed oct. 21, 1925 1 '7 aulo@Mui Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITE. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD SMITH, F CHCAGO, ILLINIS, ASSIG-N'OR TO THE SYIVIINGTON COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATON 0F MARYLAND.

COMBINED STBIKING' CASTING AND CARRY IRON.

Application filed Getober 21, 1925. Serial No. 64,0737.

The invention relates to railway ears, and more particularly to acombined striking casting and coupler carry-iron by which the coupler issupported and guided in its 1novement, and through which the blows:`from the coupler horn are transmitted to the end sill aiidfrom thelatter to the center sills.

The principal object of my invention, generally considered, is toprovide a striking casting and-earry-iron so arranged that they areadapted to cooperate with an automatic coupler of the A. R. A. type orwith the hook and link type of coupler now in use on many of the foreignrailways.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an integral strikingcasting and cou pler carry-iron support and to combine therewith areversible carry-iron, the rever-sible carry-iron being adapted to beassembled in either of two positions so as to adapt the construction foruse with an automatic or link type of coupler.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a striking castingwith a detachable supplemental guiding member which may be used incombination with a carry-iron of the hook type of coupler to prevent.the hook coupler from being elevated out of its proper position. j j nhere are other objects of the invention. as will appear from the moredetailed description of same, particular-ly taken .in connection withthe accompanying dranung wherein I have illustrated a single embodimentlof :i5 the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a view in front elevation'of an embodiment of my inventionshowing the saine adapted foi use with the hook type fio of coupler, u

Figure 2 is a vert-ical cross sectional view of t-he construction shownin Figure 1, showing in dotted lines a hook type of coupler in position,

Figure 3 is a view partially in plan and partially in section of theconstruction shown in Figure 1,

Figure fl is a view in side elevation of the construction shown inFigure1, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view showing thecarrydron reversed andillustrating in dotted lines the shank of an automatic coupler.

Throughout the specification and draweither type of coupler.

ings like parts are designated by like reference characters.

rlfhe numeral 1 designates, generally, a striking casting, the web 2 ofwhich is preferably of angular formation having a iiange 3 which isadapted to overlie the upper surface or flange of the end sill (notshown) and a flange 4l arranged at right angles to the fla-nge 3 andadapted to overlie the web of the adjacent end sill to which it may besecured by means of a plurality of rivets passing through the rivetopenings 5 in the flange l and G in the iiange 3. The flange 3 may bereinforced by an upright web 7 which preferably extends from side toside of this flange. Arranged in alinement with the flange 3, there isprovided on the exterior face of the flange i a web 8 which projectsoutwardly and forms at its central portion the upper edge of thestriking portion 9 of the casting. Depending from the edge of the web 8is a vertical web 10 which is reinforced by a plurality of uprightrearwardly extending webs 11 and 12 spaced at substantially uniformdistances apart and forming rearwardly opening pockets 13. The web 10,the ribs 11 and 12 and the web 1li form a rigid striking portion whichis adapted to receive the blows from the horn of the coupler,illustrated in dotted lines, without deformation and to limit the inwardmovement of the coupler to prevent injury to the cushioning mechanismand to the car underframing.

Depending from the web 141- and connected at their inner edges to theweb lare a plurality of upright webs or fianges 15 which form, inconjunction with the web "14:, the opening for the reception ofthe shankof Adjacent their lower ends, the webs or flanges 15 are provided withoffset portions 16, the width of the offset being equal to the width ofthe adapted, when the carry-ir0n is assembled with this face uppermost,to close the bottom of the opening formed by the flanges 11i and 15 andto provide a substantially rectanguadjacent portions of the carry-iron,desigi wardly from the adjacent face of the carryiron. The exteriorsurface 18 is formed Awith a flat guiding portion 21 and with a curvedportion 22, the contour of vWhich corresponds to the contour of theadjacent surfaceof the coupler hook.

' AItwillv be, of course, understood by those skilled in the art thatthe coupler hook is 'only adapted for movement in one direction fromnormal, that is, the bufling shocks of the cars equipped with the hookandlink couplers are taken bythe side buers, While in the case of theautomatic coupler the side buffers are omitted and the bufli'ng shocksyt'ransinittedto the coupler and from the lat-k ter to the cushioningmechanism. lith this understanding, it will be evident that by providingthe curved contour 22 on the cai'- ry-iron 17 that this curved contourin no way affects thev operation of the coupler hook. a

' The carry-.iron Vis preferably provided with al longitudinallyextending opening through vwhich and through corresponding openings inthe vve'bs'15 the transverse bolt 23,for maintaining the carry-iron inassembled position, may be inserted.

l As the shank of the hook coupler is much smaller in crosssection thanthe shankof the'automatic coupler, it is desirable when the carry-ironis assembled, as shown in the drawing, to provide an upper guidinglmemberto prevent thecoupler hook from rising. This'may tbe accomplishedby providing a U or channel shaped member 24 which is adapted to fitWithin theopening in the striking casting and to be detacliably securedto the Webs 15 by a plurality of bolts 25A. The horizontal portion ofthe member 24 is adapted to overlie the shank of the hook and forms, inconnection with the ver- .tical Webs 20, means for preventing the hookfrom moving' out offitsproper assembled position.

Having noW described my invention, what Iclaim is:

1. The combination with a striking cast' ing, of areversible carry-irontherefor, said carry-iron having the opposite faces thereof Withdifferent contours to adapt it' for coopy,eration with different typesof couplers, and Y means for removably connecting said carryir'on tosaid casting, the said opposite faces of the carry-iron having portionsadapted to have sliding engagement with the respecrtive shanksof thecouplers, corresponding yparts of said portions being substantiallyequidistant fromsaid connecting means.

2.v The combination with a striking easting and a reversible carry-irontherefor, means formed on Said striking casting for supporting saidcarry-iron, the carry-iron having one face flat and the opposite facecurved to adapt it for cooperation with different types of couplershanks, the curved face merging into a substantially flat portion, andremovable means for connecting the carry-iron to said casting,corresponding portions of the flat face and the iat portion of thecurved face being substantially equidistant from the Said removableconnect ing means.

3. The combination with a striking easting, of a carry-iron supportedthereby, said carry-'iron having one flat face adapted to cooperate withand support an automatic coupler and having the opposite face providedwith means for guiding and supporting the hook type of coupler, and abolt for removably connecting said carry-iron to said casting, the saidopposite faces of the carryiron being arranged with respect to said holtso as to supportingly engage each coupler in substantially the sameplane.

4. In combination, a striking casting, a. removable carry-iron therefor,said carryiron having opposite faces thereof formed with differentcontours to adapt it for snpporting cooperation with a plurality ofcouplers of different types, means for detachably connecting saidcarry-iron to said casting, the said opposite faces of the carryironhaving portions adapted to have sliding engagement with the shanks ofthe respec# tive couplers, corresponding parts of said portions beingsubstantially equidistant f rom said connecting means, and a memberadapted for connection with the striking casting over the carry-iron forholding one of said couplers in place.

5. In combination, a striking casting. a, removable carry-iron therefor,means provided on said striking castingY for supporting said carry-iron,said carry-iron having one face fiat and having its opposite facefashioned with a curved portion and a flat portion to adapt it, uponreversal, for eooperation with different types of coupler shanks, meansfor detachahly eonnectinr said carry-iron to said casting, and a shapedmember adapted to connection to said striking casting above saidcarry-iron only when the face of thel carry-iron having curved and fiatportions is in operativel cooperation with a coupler shank` theintermediate portion of said member normally overlying the shank of anassociated coupler and limiting the upward movement thereof.

6. In combination, a striking casting. a carry-iron normally supportedthereby. said carry-iron having one fiat face adapted to cooperate withand support an automatic coupler and having the opposite faee curvedlll) and provided with means for guiding and supporting` a coupler ofthe hook type, a bolt normally extending transversely between de-Apendinfjl portions of the striking Casting for conneetingg` saidCarry-iron thereto corresponding portions of the said opposite faces ofthe Carry-iron being equidistant from the said bolt to supportinglyengage each coupler in substantially the saine plane, and

l0 a Coupler retaining device 'formed with depending portions normallyconnected to the depending portions of the striking` casting and with anintermediate normally hori- Zontal portion adapted to overlie anassociated coupler of the hook type and prevent said coupler from movingout of its proper assembled position.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

HAROLD K. SMITH.

